How to Complete Nagging, Unfinished Tasks

Recognizing the time commitment it takes to plan a wedding and taking control of your calendar can help Bombshell Brides relieve wedding stress.

If you’re a DIY bride, wedding planning – in all its excitement, creativity AND frustrations – should really have a warning label: BEWARE, THIS IS A PART-TIME JOB.

According to professional wedding planners, it takes anywhere from 35 hours to over 250 hours to plan a wedding depending on the size of the affair.  And if you’re a DIY Bride, you will likely spend even longer than your professional counter-parts completing the same tasks.  So I ask you – Are you enjoying the time spent on planning your wedding or is it a source of stress?

[See how a New England Bride tackled her stress in Stress Less During Wedding Planning]

Some brides might be thrilled by the hours spent hunting for the perfect wedding dress.  Most will surely savor the time spent tasting various main courses and cake options.  But other wedding planning tasks – like arranging the seating chart – can be occasions for panic attacks.  These are the items on your to-do list that hang over your head and weigh you down like a ton of bricks.

With a little planning and asking yourself a few simple questions, you can easily learn how to cross those NUTs (nagging, unfinished tasks) off your to-do list.

Define barriers that prohibit you from completing the task.

Have you received all the RSVP cards in order to make the seating chart? Does the large number of people at each table not lend itself to the intimate event you imagined? Are you afraid you don’t know some of your fiance’s guests well enough to make the chart on your own?

Tackle the barriers first.

Don’t waste your time on the bigger task at hand when there are smaller barriers to overcome.  Create a list of barriers and methodically tackle those first.  1. Contact the people on the guest list who haven’t yet RSVP’d. 2. Call the venue to see what other seating options are available. 3. Tell your fiance you want his guests to have the best possible time at the wedding and ask for his help with the seating chart

While adding a few more items to your “to-do” list might seem like a step backwards,  you’ll be able to hurdle the smaller barriers quicker, enabling the process to move forward.

Schedule NUT tackling time in your calendar.

Instead of being awakened with nightmares of a poorly planned seating chart leading to a family feud, schedule a time in your calendar to tackle the difficult task. Knowing when a task will be complete, even if it isn’t today, will give you piece of mind.

How have you dealt with nagging, unfinished tasks?